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His colours merge into the my without out separate existence their own. This abstracted harmony ofcolour the inner content ofa mystic message build up his to a fruitful The accentuated highlights on the the dark shadows here and there endow the objects with a the poetry has created an which has no in the is evident in his two paintings just mentioned. Here sense. But the words have been able to conjure up a meaning in a influenced Salvador Dali. As a matter Dali symbolic Way through association. We know that mountains are never liquid the highlights and shadows with a typical accent on his and can never float in the air. Similarly, the "cluster of stars which gave tbem a halo of apparitional luminosity, while he was isovercast with is sheer nonsense. Yet, the value never suffers due to immersed in Meissonier in making a statement in academic realism it. It hascarvccl out different value itselfwhichcannotbe in his very early days. In both the of Misra- "Echo of a and "Verse on Fire" -we find the same accent on highlights and shadows on Misra's painting rests somewhere between Salvador Dali's and Max the particularly visible on the trees and shells ofthe "Echo ofa Ernst's with a definite towards Ernst. This will be evident from Misra's and on the fire of"Verse on Fire", Da/i's remarkable use ofthe can be the God", 'l\. from Absent Skies", found in his works dating from 1929- "Imperial Ivlonument to the Child­ the Silent Air" and "Spirit had Fled", where find him taking the help of Woman", "The of Sex Appeal", "The Invisible Man", "Illuminated some encrusted either in the shape ofa mountain, a rock or architectural Pleasures", 'l\.ccommodation ofDesire" ,etc. structure. These he uses as symbols for creating an time. If we compare them with one Ernst's After the Rain", spIrit ofthe Dada movement led Dali in up which had a direct on illusion of mineral and the political, . social and artistic norms its repose in Ernst's influence will become obvious. Writing about the surrealism in a constructive way the unreasoned, irrational absurdi­ possibilities of in William S. Rubin. says: "Oscar ties in images form and colour infused with a sense the Dominguez was the first to exploit the possibilities of decalcomania. By urge which was the point ofMisra' s artistic career an a sheet of paper, laying another sheet on of it, and noticeable in his was subdued and through a more pressing here and there and then peeling. the sheet he and constructive policy and found its ultimate repose in his effects exotic mineral spongy ofsurrealistic nature. Misra's identifieation has been sincere spelunker's dream. The fantasies generated ue HEMANTA MISRA Born in Sibsagar. Assam, 1947 Art Advisor, 1st Assam Hills and Plains People's Exhibition, Assam. 'Worked as a stall artist in the military. Senior artist, Directorate of Information and Publicity, Govt. of Assam. Member, AIFACS, New Delhi. Executive Committee member, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta. Selection and Judging Committee member, All India Annual Exhibition, Calcutta. 1950 Illustrated Book ofRhymes. book in Assamese. 1953 Elected member. Calcutta Group. Calcutta. 1974 IIIu.strated Bharatiya Chitrakala, book in Assamese. 1978 Conducted Workshop, Lalit Kala Akademi, l'vlanipur. 1980 His biography is in the Dictionary ofInternational Biography, Cambridge. 1984 Illustrated Roopar Antare Roop, book in Bengali. 1986,91 His biography is in the American Biographical Institute's Publications. 1989 Illustrated Roopar Antarat Roop. a collection of poems with the artist's own drawings, in Assamese. 1990 Illustrated Dikhow Luit 0 Sagar, book in Bengali. Honoris Causa, Dibrugarh University. Assam. Worked initially at Shillong and Gliwahati and then in Kolkata. At present living in Gliwahali. EDUCATION

Educated at Colton College and St. Edmund's College, Assam. Studied

EXHIBITIONS

1952, 1959,67.76 Solo exhibition, Calcutta. 1965 Solo exhibition. Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi. 1965,66 Solo exhibition, sponsored by the Board ofUnion ofPainters ofUSSR, Moscow. 1968 Ist International Triennale, Lalit Kala Akaclemi, New Del hi. 1969 Soloexhibition,AIFACS, New Delhi. 1970 Solo exhibition, Bombay. 1973 Solo exhibition, Birla Academy orArt and Culture, Calcutta. 1973 Solo exhibition. inaugurated by Cap. Sompop Piromya, Director General of the Dept. of Fine Arts ofThailand, sponsored by Indian Embassy and the British Council, Bangkok. 1976 Solo exhibition, inaugurated by Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, AIFACS, New Delhi. 1977 Solo exhibition, organised by Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh. 1979 Solo mobile exhibition, sponsored by Academy ofFine Arts, Calcutta. 1982 Solo exhibition, Academy ofFine Arts, Calcutta. 1983,88 Retrospective exhibition, Academy ofFine Arts, Calcutta. 1994 Retrospective exhibition, organised by Assam Branch ofIndian Tea Association, Guwahati.

COLLECTION

National Gallery ofModern Art, New Delhi. Academy ofFine Arts. Kolkata. Rabindra Bharati University Museum, Kolkata. State Art Gallery, Guwahati. State Art Gallery, Guwahati. Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh. Museum ofOriental Culture, Moscow. British Council, Bangkok. Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.

AWARDS Honoured by Asom Sahitya Sabha andAIFACS. New Delhi. :-- (.

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The Big Log, Pen and Ink, 57 em x 35 em ,1945 Net I, Oil on Board ,50 em x 39 em . 1961 Moving Horns ,Oil on Board, 49 em x 33 em, 1 .."

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Cracked Mirror,Oil on Canvas, 88 em x 63 em,1970